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“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.” — Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea Have you ever seen one of those hanging wooden signs that say “Life’s Better at the Beach”? Well, for our family it’s kind of […]
The day I moved Mom into Assisted Living is still with me. It’s a scratch and sniff polaroid of a memory pinned to my forehead. Unlike other memories because of how holistically vivid it is. I remember every look, sound, and smell as if it were all happening in slow motion. Too Vivid Mom’s […]
One day last week Steve, Lewy Body and I spent the morning together. Just the three of us. I was there to help Steve through his morning but when it came time for me to leave, it wasn’t clear who’d helped who. Unexpected because it was a Thursday, our morning together was an inspirational …
The relationship between Mom, her dementia, and her grandchildren is beautiful, sad, and frustrating all at once. It's like New England weather--complicated. And also like New England weather, it is ever changing, whether I want it to or not. Shortly after seven o’clock on a recent Tuesday night, …
Want to know one thing you can do today to help the caregiver in your life? Listen. Just listen. Simple, right? In some ways, yes. In others? Not so much. But it is one thing you can do to help the caregiver in your life more than you’ll ever realize. And you can do it today. A quick …
How do you break the vicious circle of dementia’s guilt? We didn’t invite dementia into our lives but it’s here to stay. The wretched disease is an unwanted house guest that refuses to leave. As if its presence wasn’t enough dementia has given our family, and close to 6 million others in the …
